highflying

or high-fly·ing

[ hahy-flahy-ing ]

adjective

moving upward to or along at a considerable height: highflying planes.
extravagant or extreme in aims, opinions, etc.; unduly lofty: highflying ideas about life.

having a high cost or perceived value: the highflying glamour stocks.

Origin of highflying

First recorded in 1575–85; high + flying

Words Nearby highflying

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How to use highflying in a sentence

Despite the highflying fundraising round, age still comes before beauty in the business of digital transactions.
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With the highflying Ja Morant running the offense, that opening window was all Memphis needed to settle in feel comfortable showing off.
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At the heart of the multibillion-dollar crisis are two highflying bankers who some say took the country for a ride.
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Thenceforward for nineteen years a more highflying Tory than Mr. Peel was not to be found within the walls of parliament.
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The Marshal de Broglio was appointed to their command, a highflying aristocrat, cool and capable of every thing.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson

We find in the side-notes such expressions as these—'highflying notions,' 'this ranter.'
British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIII | Various

British Dictionary definitions for high-flying

high-flying

adjective

having great ambition or ability

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